Visual (seeing)

Characteristics

• Ignores verbal directions
• Needs to have questions and directions repeated often
• Classroom noise does not bother him or her
• May have low vocabulary
• Frequently appears to daydream or has blank expression during class discussions or lectures
• Looks to other students to see what to do when oral directions are given
• Says "huh" often
• Prefers to show or demonstrate rather than tell or explain
• Does poorly with phonics and sounding out words
• May speak too loudly
• Dislikes speaking in front of a group
• Doesn't like listening to others
• Is completely lost if he or she must look up a word to determine the spelling
• Often misunderstands verbal instructions or materials

Strategies

• Use visual materials because the student must look at what he or she is to learn
• Teach the student to visualize- to see words, problems, and images
• Use sight words and whole -word configurations
• Allow him or her to read silently
• Provide written directions
• Provide visual materials during lectures, such as outlines, diagrams, and study guides
• Place the student near the blackboard
• Teach him or her to take notes
• Have him or her keep an assignment notebook or calendar
• Keep noise distractions to a minimum.
• Don't move around while talking to him or her.

Materials

• Flash cards
• Movies/videos
• Charts, graphs, tables, pictures